NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Henry Threadgill on 17 May 2023. Henry Threadgill has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 12 episodes and was first played on 30 March 2014.

Henry Threadgill (born February 15, 1944), Chicago, Illinois, is an American saxophonist, flautist and composer.

He performed as a percussionist in high school marching bands, and served briefly in a U.S. Army band.

Threadgill is notable as one of avant-garde jazz's most unique composers. His dense, elaborate, multi-layered music is often strictly scored, in contrast to the loose, improvisatory feel of much jazz. Elements of traditional African music, Mexican music,…